Suspect, 5 victims in South Carolina shooting identified

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6 dead in South Carolina shooting

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Authorities identify the victims of the shooting -- including 2 children -- and gunman

Shooting stemmed from a domestic-violence incident, sheriff says

Gunman, one of the victims were a couple with a 7-month-old baby, sheriff says

The suspected gunman in the slaying of five people inside a Greenwood County, South Carolina, home was a 27-year-old man who took his own life, too, authorities said.

Sheriff's deputies found the six bodies inside a house after two phone calls to 911.

Bryan Eugene Sweatt is suspected of having killed the five others before turning his gun on himself, Greenwood County Sheriff Tony Davis told reporters Wednesday.

The first call, which came just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, was about an armed person threatening to harm himself, Davis said.

The call was cut off, and deputies began heading to the scene. A second call came in while they were en route, saying that some children who had left the house in question told neighbors that a man was holding hostages there.

Attempts to make contact with anyone inside were unsuccessful, and a SWAT team finally entered the premises. They found the bodies of four adults and two children inside.